I feel sorry for the male idols who genuinely like the "ugly" member of a girl group and truly prefer their particular brand of beauty.
Both "ugly" and "pretty" are relative terms, but K-pop in particular has such a rigid, stupid set of rules on what's pretty and what's not that if any male picks the "ugly" one, everyone on the program kicks up a fuss and immediately bring up, "OH BUT SO MANY OTHERS THINK _______ IS THE PRETTY ONE!" "OH HOW STRANGE, MOST PEOPLE PREFER _____ BECAUSE SHE'S SO PRETTY!"
Then people start to jab at the male idol for what he likes:
"You have interesting taste."
"You have unusual taste."
"You must like dark skin," as if that's a bad thing.
"You must like bigger bodies," as if that's a fucking bad thing....
Shit along those lines are usually uttered by someone, but sometimes, it's just flat out, "Something must be wrong with your eyes."
It's gotten to the point to where we as fans will never know what our idols truly like. After a while, you begin to feel as if all they're doing is giving us the "safe" answer, and that's sad.
I've been around the k-pop scene for a while and it sickens me how much flack I've seen a male idol get for not choosing the visual in a group -- and if he dares to choose the "ugliest" member? Oh, watch out!
I hate this because I know damned well that there are idols out there who prefer beauty other than the prescribed version of it in K-pop.
